STATE ROUTE 7 TRAFFIC TO BE STOPPED THURSDAY FOR WORK AT THE W.H. SAMMIS PLANT

(NEW PHILADELPHIA, OHIO) --Weather permitting, State Route 7 traffic will be stopped for approximately 15 to 20 minutes Thursday morning from Stratton Heights Road to just before the tunnel in Stratton, Jefferson County, while the FirstEnergy Corp. transports a ring as part of their environmental control retrofit construction project now underway at the company's W. H. Sammis Plant.

This work is anticipated to take place between 8:30 and 9 a.m., March 27th.

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For information on additional lane and road closures caused by construction, accidents, flooding or other related traffic events, visit ODOT's gateway to traffic and roadway information at www.BuckeyeTraffic.org.

For information and traffic restrictions specific to this project, visit http://www.dot.state.oh.us/dist11/FE_pr.asp.

For more information, contact:

Becky McCarty, ODOT Public Information Officer at 330-308-3949 or at Becky.McCarty@dot.state.oh.us, or